Trapped by Shadows

By Bill Myers

In book three, Trapped by Shadows, Elijah is captured, and his family must enter the Abyss to save him. The deeper they plunge into the caves, the greater the danger to them all, but they are not alone. Heaven is on their side.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Release date: Aug 30, 2009
• ISBN: 9780310866930

Bill Myers

Bill Myers (www.Billmyers.com) is a bestselling author and award-winning writer/director whose work has won sixty national and international awards. His books and videos have sold eight million copies and include The Seeing, Eli, The Voice, My Life as, Forbidden Doors, and McGee and Me.

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The Ancient Forces Collection

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For John Fornof:

A man of God who knows about fighting the good fight.

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Trapped by Shadows

Copyright © 2009 by Bill Myers

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Myers, Bill, 1953-

        Trapped by shadows / by Bill Myers.

                p. cm. — (Elijah project ; bk. 3)

            Summary: When the forces of the evil Shadow Man kidnap six-year-old Elijah, his parents and siblings, Zach, aged sixteen, and Piper, aged thirteen, face their own weaknesses when they enter the Abyss to try and save him.

        ISBN 978-0-310-71195-7

        [1. Supernatural — Fiction. 2. Christian life — Fiction 3. Healing — Fiction. 4. Adventure and adventurers — Fiction. 5. Brothers and sisters — Fiction. 6. Angels — Fiction. 7. California — Fiction.] I. Title.

        PZ7.M98234Trd 2009

        [Fic] — dc22

2008045730

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Editor: Kathleen Kerr

Cover illustration: Cliff Neilsen

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Table of Contents

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Chapter One Pursuit

Chapter Two The Plot Sickens

Chapter Three Arrest

Chapter Four The Trap

Chapter Five On the Run

Chapter Six The Crash

Chapter Seven Going Down

Chapter Eight The Cave

Chapter Nine Darkness Tightens Its Grips

Chapter Ten The Sword

Chapter Eleven The Pit

Chapter Twelve The Battle Rages

Epilogue

About The Publisher

Share Your Thoughts

Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when

the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand

your ground, and after you have done everything,

to stand.

— Ephesians 6:13

Chapter One

Pursuit

Thirteen minutes before midnight, three vehicles from three different directions sped toward a single destination, their occupants all focused on a single goal.

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From the north, a mud-splattered Jeep Cherokee raced through the night. Dad concentrated harder as he tightened his grip on the wheel. His headlights caught a sign: Speed Limit 55. It whipped from sight as the Jeep slid around another curve.

Mike! his wife warned, her knuckles white as she clutched the dashboard.

If we get pulled over, I’ll explain our kids are in danger, said Dad, his mouth in a hard line as he stared ahead.

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From the south, a sleek black Hummer roared down the highway. Its dashboard was lit up with indicators like the cockpit of a fighter jet: digital readouts, GPS map, radar screen, infrared monitor, and a flashing red light from the tracking device that had been attached to the underside of the mud-splattered Jeep, now only a few short miles away.

The glow from the dash lit the driver’s face. He glanced into his rearview mirror, caring not so much what was on the road behind him so much as what was in the seat behind him — a dark presence that soaked up all the light around it.

Shadow Man.

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And from the west, lumbering along as fast as it could, was an old beat-up RV camper. Its worn engine coughed and choked, puffing blue smoke out of its tailpipe.

Inside, sixteen-year-old Zach held the steering wheel with one hand while stuffing his mouth with the other — a Super Extreme Nuclear Burrito, featuring Flaming Fire Fajita Chicken. And forget the wimpy hot or extra hot sauce. Not for Zach. He’d gone for Taco Wonderland’s newest sauce, the kind they advertised as Danger: Explosive!

Behind him, in the back of the RV, sat his thirteen-year-old sister, Piper. As the ultra-responsible one of the group (someone had to be), she was taking care of their six-year-old brother, Elijah.

All right, she said, carefully tapping out some raisins into the little boy’s hand, you can have eight now and eight more when we get there.

Elijah, who hardly ever spoke, looked up at her with his big brown eyes and smiled — his way of saying thank you.

She smiled back. Don’t worry, it won’t be long before we see Mom and Dad again. I promise.

Elijah nodded and laid his head on her arm. Piper tenderly stroked his hair, hoping she was right. Without her mom there, the job of caring for the little guy fell into her hands. Which was okay. She loved Elijah. He could be so sweet and caring . . . when he wasn’t being so weird. Honestly, she’d never met anybody like him. Sometimes it was like he knew what was going to happen before it happened. Sometimes when he visited sick people, they were suddenly